[manaboutown]

Worst inflation in 40 years!

[Two Bills]

One less dine out meal, and that's weekly inflation cost covered.
All is good!

[RICH1]

Inflation, not a thing we can do about it! I’m not cutting back on anything that I do at this point in my life..not many years left , so doing the best to Enjoy them. Happy Thanksgiving to all

[Rwirish]

Bump

[mike1946]

I'm a Brit Rain or Snow bird - live in Country Club Hills - just filled up my diesel car here in the UK - Premium Diesel is £1.59 a litre there are 3.5 litres to the standard US gallon - the exchange rate from £ to $ is around 1.35 :-
So 1.59 x 3.6 x 1.35 = $7.72 a gallon.
My Point ??? Stop Whining.

[mike1946]

Whilst I'm about it ... Turkeys in Publix were $0.49 per pound so a 16 pounder runs at $7.84. My Local supermarket here in the UK is selling turkeys at £3.25 a pound so a 16 pounder is £52 or just over $70 and you think you are paying too much !! Hmmmmmm.

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by mike1946

I'm a Brit Rain or Snow bird - live in Country Club Hills - just filled up my diesel car here in the UK - Premium Diesel is £1.59 a litre there are 3.5 litres to the standard US gallon - the exchange rate from £ to $ is around 1.35 :-
So 1.59 x 3.6 x 1.35 = $7.72 a gallon.
My Point ??? Stop Whining.

What you pay for items on a tiny island has no bearing on prices here

[Fanfaron2020]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

How is your household coping with the high prices out there?

"Dollar Tree will raise prices to $1.25 by the end of April."
P.S. I pretty much live at the Dollar Tree... amazingly great price on everything!

Dollar Tree Will Raise Prices to $1.25 by End of April - The New York Times

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

How is your household coping with the high prices out there?

No problems, really. Restaurant meals cost more, but I still tip 20%. If they get too pricy because labor costs are up, I might adjust the tip. Just drove 1300 miles to Iowa for the holiday, the most I paid for gas was $3.09, most was bought for less than $3.00. In the 70s & early 80s I paid almost that much, the car burned a lot more of it, and my salary was about 25% of my current income. The only outrageous price I can recall from this trip was $4.50 for a McDonalds Filet o Fish sandwich. Mickey D can take a hike!

If you want to do something about inflation, quit buying all this imported junk. For Christmas give gift cards, so your grandkids can catch the after Christmas sales. All those ships will get unloaded sometime soon, then there will be a glut of goods in the stores, at deep discounts.

[mkjelenbaas]

Very well!

[wsachs]

Originally Posted by ejp52

Well this time last year gas was around $1.799.

Stock market at record high. Home prices up. Most of my driving is in a golf cart that gets more than 30 mpg. I fill up the five gallon tank once a month and golf 3 days a week and wife 2. Shop and go to Dr's, Publix, restaurants all in cart.

[Marine1974]

I bet they would eat what we eat if they were hungry. Lol

[coconutmama]

Originally Posted by ejp52

Well this time last year gas was around $1.799.

Supply & Demand. Pandemic in full swing last year. Prices low. Comparing apples to oranges.

Go back 5 years. We are about .50 cents a gallon up since then. Prices will moderate.

As another poster mentioned, this is not bad compared to the 70’s when we had to buy gas on odd or even days.

At least the unemployment rate is at a 50 year low.

[Bay Kid]

I bought TIPS government bonds early this year. Value based on inflation.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by DAVES

That is what you are being fed.

Clueless.

I will type slower for you.

When it's stated, a tax on the poor.............it means proportionally.
Proportionally it hurts the poor significantly more than the rich and upper classes.
Additionally, the poor does not have investments out performing inflation.
Hope you learned something this morning.

Be thankful today.